Phrase guide

shaving brush

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small brush used to create a lather from shaving cream or shaving soap and apply it to the face or other area before shaving.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shave brush

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a brush used to apply lather prior to shaving

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brush

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skeerkwas — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Albanian: furçë rroje — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Arabic: فرشاة الحلاقة (furšāh al-ḥilāqa) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Armenian: սափրվելու խոզանակ (sapʻrvelu xozanak) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Azerbaijani: təraş fırçası — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Basque: bizar-brotxa — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Belarusian: памазок (pamazók) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Bengali: শেভিং ব্রাশ (śebhiṅ braś) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Breton: broust-barv — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Catalan: brotxa d'afaitar — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Czech: štětka na holení — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Dutch: scheerkwast — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Esperanto: razpeniko — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Estonian: vahupintsel — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Finnish: partasuti — brush for applying shaving cream
  • French: blaireau — brush for applying shaving cream
  • German: Rasierpinsel — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Greek: πινέλο (pinélo) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Hebrew: מִבְרֶשֶׁת גִּלּוּחַ (mivréshet gilúakh) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Hungarian: borotvapamacs — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Ido: barbo-pinselo — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Irish: scuab bhearrtha — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Italian: pennello da barba — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Latvian: skūšanās ota — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Lithuanian: skutimosi šepetėlis — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Norman: savonnette — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barberkost — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: barberkost — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Persian: فرچه (ferče) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Polish: pędzel do golenia — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Portuguese: pincel de barba — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Romanian: pămătuf — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Romanian: pensulă de ras — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Russian: помазо́к (pomazók) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Russian: кисть для бритья (kistʹ dlja britʹja) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Slovak: štetka na holenie — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Slovene: čopič za britje — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Spanish: brocha de afeitar — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Swedish: rakborste — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Turkish: tıraş fırçası — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Ukrainian: пензлик (penzlyk) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Ukrainian: помазок для гоління (pomazok dlja holinnja) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Uzbek: помазок (pomazok) — brush for applying shaving cream
  • Uzbek: pomazok — brush for applying shaving cream